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Abstract of the Disclosure A method of controlling plant growth comprising applying to the plants or to a habitat thereof a herbicidally effective amount of a compound having the structure: wherein: R is selected from carboxy, carboxylate salt, carboxylate ester, formyl, halomethyl or a substituted methyl group capable of ambient oxidation or hydrolysis to a carboxy group, wherein the substituent on the substituted methyl group consists of an aliphatic group having a heteroatom-containing group. The invention is useful in providing an alternative to known herbicidal methods and compositions. |